Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: ? 1Password Date: 22 Oct 2016 19:10:33 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <211020161230400988%bill@invalid.invalid> <2016102215020884447-gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> X-Trace: individual.net jzYw6LZmGgHNdT7MVPpLwg0pwzPq+Q3yxp1x51Bss9q9jFvn6D Cancel-Lock: sha1:+K4s/p1a661Q1WER+2D2nPvtEmY= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:95926 On 2016-10-22, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2016-10-22 14:21, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2016-10-22, Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2016-10-22 13:58, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>> On 2016-10-22, Alan Browne wrote: >>>>> On 2016-10-22 11:50, Doc O'Leary wrote: >>>>>> For your reference, records indicate that glawrie >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> The first is the ability to store other information beyond >>>>>>> passwords - so things like credit card numbers, and 'secure notes' >>>>>>> that are very handy for keeping track of 'security questions' and >>>>>>> the like - not only are they held fairly securely, they too are >>>>>>> available across devices / browsers etc. Which is I find quite >>>>>>> helpful. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is also easily done on the Mac by creating a Secure Note in >>>>>> Keychain Access. >>>>> >>>>> 1Password in browsers goes for a lot of convenience. eg: no copying and >>>>> pasting. Just CMD-\ and the field is filled (or if the 1P session has >>>>> expired, then 1 password to open it again and fill the field). >>>> >>>> Same goes for iCloud Keychain and Safari. Typically the name and password >>>> are automatically filled in once you load the page. >>> >>> Which is great except I don't like Safari very much. >> >> I like Safari. It's good to have alternatives though. Without >> competition, I doubt Safari and iCloud Keychain would be as good as they >> are. : ) > > Perhaps. What I don't get is Apple flattening the look of everything to > the point that they are visually less easy to use. > > - Safari: doesn't support using favicons in the bookmarks bar - that > alone would hall me over. ...which seems silly to me. It's just not a big deal. > - Finder: used to be able to "color" folder shortcuts in the sidebar. > Not any more. Also not a big deal. > At some point we have to say, C'mon Ive it's MY COMPUTER. I've been around Macs since they were first released, and have seen the user interface change drastically through the years. Changes to the look of the user interface don't prevent me from getting anything done. Such minor changes are fairly inconsequential to me. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR